Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital by Jody Del Bianco

Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital by Jody Del Bianco is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Disebediswa tsa Dijithale le Elektroniki Competition Category.

TšepeElektroniki ya Bareki· 2022

Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital

by Jody Del Bianco

Client: Jodinskylab

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Elektroniki ya Bareki Category

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The Design

About Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital

Flowo ke mochine oa ho ngola oa digital o entsoeng bakeng sa ho ngola ntle le ho sitisoa. Sebopeho sa oona se hopotsa mochine oa khale oa ho ngola, se nang le 'mele o motsho o kang silinta o utloahalang joalo ka seroula sa pampiri. Sekrini se sobehileng sa e-ink se bonts'a mongolo o ngotsoeng, 'me memori e ka hare e boloka litokomane. Boto ea linotlolo e nang le khanya e tsoa 'meleng o moholo. Likhaptjhe tse peli tse ka mahlakoreng li nkile sebaka sa likhaptjhe tsa khale tsa pampiri: khaptjhe e ka letsohong le letšehali e tsamaisa har'a menu, athe khaptjhe e ka letsohong le letona e phethola tokomane la ka mola le mong le le mong kapa leqephe le leng le le leng. 'Mele o moholo o entsoe ka polasetiki e sebelisitsoeng hape ka mokhoa oa ho tšela ka har'a foromo (injection molding).

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Flowo Mochine oa ho Ngola oa Digital e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Flowo's design is inspired by the main parts of a classic typewriter, thus the keyboard, the paper roller and the side knobs that allow by rotation, to insert the paper and move it forward. The device consists of a main body which is black and cylindrical and recalls the old roller plus two side control knobs that are use as follows: the left knob allows navigation on the device's menu, while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.the main body expands with a backlit keyboard that allows typing. Text is displayed on an e-ink screen located on the main body.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 330 x 165 x 40mm
Tags: flowo, typewriter, keyboard, e-ink display, recycled, eco-sustainable, e-paper
Production Technology: Recycled plastic injection molding for main body, e-ink display and other eco-plastic materials.
Design Challenge: The greatest difficulty was to give a new design to an object (the typewriter) by now consolidated over time but also no longer used. the main idea was to keep some parts of the flowo design that recalled the old typewriter but at the same time have a modern and functional design. the keyboard is very minimal, the display is curved to remember the old roller where the paper slides while the side knobs that were used to slide the paper are now used to navigate the menu and scroll the pages.
The materials used for the production of flowo are all eco-sustainable and the plastic used is recycled plastic to have a minimal environmental impact.
Research: the research that has been done for the Flowo design is essentially based on giving a modern and functional design to an object now in disuse like the old typewriter. the basis of the project was taken into account the simplicity of use like the old typewriter but at the same time using modern technology (e.g. paper was eliminated and an e-ink display and an internal memory were used to store documents ).
Inspiration: The idea at the foundation of Flowo (Flow Word) is to give new life to a tool such as the old typewriter that is no longer used nowadays. Thanks to computer, tablet smartphone we have never ending solutions to type and save our texts, notes or books. The issue when using these devices to type is that the quantity of information, inputs, notifications they can send affects the writer's ability to concentrate, even the more disciplined one's.Flowo is the concept of a modern typewriter intended for a sole purpose: type without distractions.
Project Duration: Location: Azzano Decimo (PN) - Italy
Procject duration: 1 month
Operation Flow: Works like an old typewriter. You type on the keyboard and the text is displayed in the curved e-ink display.
The left knob allows navigation on the device's menu (create new document, save document, open document ect.), while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following.
Team Members: Jody Del Bianco